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Hi, are there any guidelines regarding posting a video clip of a running engine? File type preference, file size?

Hi, i have recently more or less completed Elmer's no 29 engine. It has been quite a difficult journey. On first impressions it looks rather simple and easy. Not so for me anyway. Most of the parts is seriously small and as Joe Pie mentions, you can't machine what you cannot hold. You do not...

Hi to you all. I'm in the very final stages of my Elmer Verburg no 29 engine. I need to machine the piston. I made the cylinder out of brass. I was thinking in the direction of making the piston out of cast iron. Not sure if this is a good combination, i must add that i doubt i will ever run it...

Hi guys and girls, i recently saw a tiny little beam engine on youtube. It is made by Microcosm. My question is, does anyone have a drawing of this engine, it looks fairly simple, except the valving, I'm not exactly sure how that is done. Would any one have a drawing, even a rough sketch of this...

Hi guys and girls, i saw a miniature beam engine on youtube. It is a Microcosm M88 mini beam steam engine. These are for sale from Banggood etc, but it looks like a very simple engine to build. Obviously one needs a drawing, which i suspect was in anycase used from somebody without permission, I...

Hi fellow model engineers, busy building a Bob Shores Little Angel engine after i shelved it for a couple of years as my skills were not up to it yet. So i'm giving it a go now again. Have the frame and cylinder machined and came to the point where i need to position/mount the cylinder to the...